Kansas study weighs loop connecting I-70 and I-35
Kansas Transportation Department researchers draft a five county plan to test a regional loop linking I-70 near Tonganoxie to I-35 in southern Johnson County. A potential river crossing north of Eudora or a South Lawrence Trafficway completion are among options in the $1 million study led by Thomas Dow with consultant Jim Tobaben.
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KDOT
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Eudora
Dow
South Lawrence
Meals on Wheels Seeks Volunteers in Lawrence
Lawrence Meals on Wheels calls for volunteers to deliver meals to seniors and disabled residents. Coordinator Kim Cullis notes many volunteers left or retired. routes run 11 30 a m Monday to Friday and take under an hour. About 20 volunteers needed daily to serve over 100 clients.
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Kim Cullis
Cullis
Mirror designs brighten rooms and create apparent space
Mirrors expand small spaces by reflections and serve as a focal point. Offered in varied shapes sizes and styles they complement decor and can substitute for art as a room centerpiece.
Kansas attorney general asks court to reject school funding reopening
The Kansas attorney general urged the state Supreme Court to deny Schools for Fair Funding, a coalition of 74 districts seeking to reopen the 1999 Montoy school funding case. Six argues a 2005 law requires 120 day notice and a three judge panel, blocking a new trial.
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Kansas
State Supreme Court
Schools For Fair Funding
Kansas Supreme Court
Steve Six
John Robb
Ryan Montoy
Salina
Montoy
Robb
Six
City faces grant hurdle over Santa Fe Depot purchase
Lawrence officials weigh relying on a $583,000 federal transportation enhancement grant to preserve the 1950s depot at Seventh and New Jersey. Amtrak says $600,000 stimulus funds must upgrade the exterior platform, leaving interior ADA work unfunded and raising questions about city ownership from Burlington Northern Santa Fe if the grant is not awarded.
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Seventh and
New Jersey Streets
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Mike Dever
Dever
Rob Chestnut
Chestnut
Carey Maynard-Moody
Lawrence
Maynard- Moody
BNSF
Kansas Senate advances bill to ban K2 synthetic marijuana
The Kansas Senate approved a bill to ban synthetic compounds JW-018 and JW-073 added to K2, deeming possession a misdemeanor. The measure, 36-1, moves to the House for consideration. debates highlighted concerns over research and medicinal use while affirming enforcement. Senator Haley opposed the bill as political posturing.
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Kansas Senate
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David Haley
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House
Jim Barnett
R-Emporia
Marci Francisco
Francisco
Senate
Vicki Schmidt
Topeka
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
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